UK confident it can get Britons out of Afghanistan, Ben Wallace says bbc.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bbc.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
In a scene mirroring that of Saigon at the end of the Vietnam war, a US Air Force helicopter was seen taking off from the US Embassy in Kabul earlier today, as Taliban fighters move in to the capital.
The Pentagon has two weeks to rescue 30,000 US staff, translators and other Afghans who helped our troops by August 31 as Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is set to hand over power.
Foreign Office chiefs say the UK s ambassador to Afghanistan, Sir Laurie Bristow, remains in Kabul this afternoon, as Taliban militants pour into the city in a bid to seize control.
US ambassador flees Kabul embassy with flag as Americans shelter in place dailymail.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dailymail.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.